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Judge considering Alfie Evans’ case for treatments

Alfie’s father said that his life support should be reinstated because of his progress todayGetty Images

A High Court judge is considering the case of a 23-month-old boy who has been at the centre of a life-support treatment battle, after his parents were granted an emergency hearing when they announced that he was able to breathe unassisted.

Mr Justice Hayden were scheduled to oversee another hearing in Alfie Evans’s case in the Family Division of the High Court in Manchester this afternoon. Doctors have been left “gobsmacked” after Alfie’s life-support was withdrawn but he continued to live, his father has said.

Tom Evans said it was obvious that his son was breathing unassisted “within a few minutes” of life-support being withdrawn last night.